Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16820, Thadeus Gage, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gage, Thaddeus or Thaddeus
S. 16820
Carded
CONTENTS

William L. Moore & Co. Morrison Apprentant for A. Gage

Shadus Gage Application for Pension
20740
Pinella
9 Months
$30-
Hon. J. M. Barker AR

Thaddeus Gage Application for Pension
20740
Private
9 Months
$30-
Wm. J. M. Harker
HN

Thaddeus Gage Application for Pension
20740
Paid
9 Months
$30-
Wm. J. M. Harper HR

16.820 INVALID.
1915 Dec. 18 History to Mrs. Benj. S. Rolfe V. L. M.
File No. 16.820
Thaddens Faze
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Sec 9 1
Department of Pensions, Washington D.C.,
Kindly send me a copy of the Rev. Pension papers of Thaddens Gage Private in Mass. Militia-
Record of his being placed on Roll, as mentioned Mar. 4- 1831- in N. H. Rev. Documents Vol. 30 page 346- 347.
Pension commencement Jan. 18. 1833- 80 yrs. old.
Please send the same- to
Mrs. Benj. S. Rolfe.
Regent of Rumford Chap. D. A. R. 48 South St.
Concord, N. Hamp.
Dec. 14- 1915.

4353.
New Hampshire
Thaddeus Gage
of Manchester in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the Regt. commanded by Col.  in the  Mass. line for 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to   (Rev. Rep.)
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1832 $45-- Pension allowance ending 2 d Mar 33 - 15--
$60--
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  1836  Clerk Book  Vol. 12 th Page 15 th

State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss Superior Court of Judicature September Term D 1832
On this sixth day of September D 1832 Personally appearing in open Court Theodorus Gage of Franklin in said County. Aged seventy eight years, late of said place who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an the benefits of the Provision made by acts of Congress Passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the Revolu- tionary Army of the United States, on the 19th day of April D 1775 at Bradford in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt Gage of said Bradford & Reg't commanded by Col James Fry of Andover Mass, for the term of nine months & marched directly to Cambridge where that he was in the close of the battle of Bunker Hill, that he continued in the Army at Cambridge & Charleston during the summer & fall after, until the expiration of the term of his service - When he was dismissed & returned home to Bradford - That he was born at said Bradford April D 1754 - That he continued to reside there about two years after he left the service - That, he then went to Pembroke N.H. that he resided there about nine years, & then moved to Franklin, where he now resides - That there is no settled Minister in Frank- lin, that the neighboring clergymen are young men, & do not know, or are not acquainted, with him, that
Subscribed before me

Most of his former acquaintances & neighbors are dead That Nathan Morrison, & Ebenezer Morrison are his nearest & oldest neighbors - That he entered the Service as a volunteer - That Francis Stickney was his first Lieutenant & Ephraim Hardy was the Second - That he knew Capt Davis of Methuen - Capt Ballard of Ando- ver - Capt Currier of Amesbury - Col Pickett of Haverhill - Adolphus Harbey of Bradford Mass belonging to said Army - That Elisha Gage & Richard Gage & Maud Hardy (all of said Bradford) were privates belonging to the Co to which he did - said Hardy he has heard now resides in Hookset N.H. He also knew Elias Bussey a private in said Co now residing in Sanbornton, which joins the town where the resides has seen him frequently for about 40 years became acquainted with him while at Cambridge
That he never received a written discharge That it was the practice to dismiss them verbally
That he hereby renounces every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the Pension Rolls of any Agency of any State
Thaddeus Gage

3 And the said Court Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogators prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as per State. And the Court further certify that for it appears to them that the affidavits of Nathan Morrison & Oren Morrison are to be relied on as to the facts therein set forth & they further certify there is no Clergyman living in the town of Franklin aforesaid who would be likely to know the reputation of the said applicant
I Moses Eastman Clerk of the said Court Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Application of Thaddeus Gage for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said the Court this 15th day December A 1832. And I further certify that John Gavernder is a Justice of the Peace & that Fredk Smith is a Notary Public in & for said County of Washington By the Laws of this State are authorized to administer Oaths that their signatures to the annexed affidavits are genuine
MOSES EASTMAN

I, Elias Burrell of Sunbeamtown in the county of Shapford & State of New Hampshire, depose & say, that I am seventy eight years old, that I entered the Revo- lutionary Army of United States at Amesbury Mass, in the Co, commanded by Capt John Barrick & Reg t 5 commanded by Col Gage That a company commanded by a Capt Gage of Milford belonged to the same Regt, That I knew Thaddeus Gage now living in Franklin ad- jacent to the town where I live, who belonged to the Gage Co soon after we were stationed at Cam- bridge Mass, I became acquainted with said Tha- deus, & saw him frequently, sometimes, every day, during the summer & fall of that year, untill we went into Winter Quarters he has lived within 6 or 7 miles of me about thirty or forty years
308-
Merrimack Jt December 8th 1832 Elias Burrell
Subscribed & sworn to before me
Frederick Smith Notary Public
I hereby certify that the above named Elias Burrell is considered a man of truth in the neighborhood where he resides & has applied for a Pension under the late act of Congress Frederick Smith Notary Public

We the undersigned residents in Franklin in the of County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire do hereby depose and say that we have been acquainted for many years with Thaddeus Gage of Franklin aforesaid that in our belief said Gage is an honest man and entitled to belief & is respected  esteemed in  our neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that belief, he states that his age is seventy eight years last April and we have no reason to doubt the truth of his statements
Arthur S. Morrison Ebenezer Morrison
State of New Hampshire } Sept. 3. 1832 Subscribed Merrimack ss } and sworn to before me John Cavendish Pro. Res. The above named Nathan S. & Ebenezer Morrison are men of good standing in society and their statements are respected & believed in the neighborhood where they reside John Cavendish Pro. Res.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 16.820
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thaddeus Gage a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 9 mos. Pvt. Gage James Frye Mass.          
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bradford Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 6. 1852 His ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Franklin, Merrimack Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, born Apr. 1757 at Bradford, Mass.
Remarks: no data as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Thaddeus Gage Application for Pension
20740
Private
9 Months
$30-
Hon. J. M. Harper RR

Nathan J. Moor & E. Morrison Appoint for A. Gays

16.820 INVALID.
1915 Dec. 18 History to Mrs. Benj. S. Ralfe V. L. M.
File No. 16820
Thaddens Sage
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Sec 9
Department of Pensions, Washington D.C.,
Kindly send me a copy of the Rev. Pension papers of Thaddens Gage Private in Mass. Militia -
Record of his being placed on Roll, as mentioned Mar. 4 - 1831 - in W. H. Rev. Documents Vol. 30 page 346 - 347.
Pension commencement Jan. 18. 1833 - says off.
Please send the same - to
Mrs. Benj. S. Rolfe.
Regent of Rumford Chap. D. A. R. 48 South St.
Concord, N. Hamp.
Dec. 14 - 1915.